[Gem Windcaster]

How did I miss this thread? It's unforgivable!

Everybody knows scandinavians rule.


- Gem, trying not to sound biased...

[Shinrei]

Ahhh Scandinavia, Land of the Jaghut.


And Lutefisk.


In other words, better left alone....

[Grimjust Bearegular]

Slumgullion Spitteler, on Mar 25 2009, 04:01 PM, said:

Technical college? Isn't that just a vocational school?

NO! F U!

if vocational means awesomely fantastic and very prestigous, then yes!

Menandore, on Mar 25 2009, 04:29 PM, said:

Grimhilde, on Mar 25 2009, 02:32 PM, said:

I effin LOVE America! It's a wonderful, wonderful place! Granted, when I was there I was the smartes person in every class I took. But I have always been exceptionally intelligent!

And so modest too....

You obviously did not see what I did there. It is called a joke. Don't know if you have them where you live...It's sort of a new thing.

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

Grimhilde, on Mar 26 2009, 07:35 AM, said:

Slumgullion Spitteler, on Mar 25 2009, 04:01 PM, said:

Technical college? Isn't that just a vocational school?

NO! F U!

if vocational means awesomely fantastic and very prestigous, then yes!

Menandore, on Mar 25 2009, 04:29 PM, said:

Grimhilde, on Mar 25 2009, 02:32 PM, said:

I effin LOVE America! It's a wonderful, wonderful place! Granted, when I was there I was the smartes person in every class I took. But I have always been exceptionally intelligent!

And so modest too....

You obviously did not see what I did there. It is called a joke. Don't know if you have them where you live...It's sort of a new thing.

I see what you did there.

For the record, as a descendant of those noble Scandinavians, let me say they rock.

This post has been edited by Raymond Luxury Yacht: 26 March 2009 - 02:53 PM

[RodeoRanch]

What country has a better jingoistic chant than America?

USA USA USA!


I just can't think of one that's better.

[Illuyankas]

BELARUS BELARUS BELARUS

Close, but no cigar.

[Mentalist]

CA-NA-DA?

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

U-nit-ed A-rab Em-ar-ites?

[Gem Windcaster]

Shinrei no Shintai, on Mar 26 2009, 03:31 PM, said:

Ahhh Scandinavia, Land of the Jaghut.


And Lutefisk.


In other words, better left alone....

What's wrong with being a Jaghut? That's racist!

This post has been edited by Gem Windcaster: 26 March 2009 - 08:03 PM

[HoosierDaddy]

RodeoRanch, on Mar 26 2009, 11:02 AM, said:

What country has a better jingoistic chant than America?

USA USA USA!


I just can't think of one that's better.

Jingoistic? No.

Nationalistic? Definitely.

Also: USA! USA! USA!

[VigoTheCarpathian]

As a resident of the USA, I'd like to formally apologize to the rest of the world for Tina Turner. Much like when Captain America jammed the world's first nuke up Hitler's ass and set it off, single-handedly winning WWII and saving all of Europe, we did not know what the dire consequences of unleashing her would be back then. We are sorry.

And unless you're an undead Ike Turner, I do not believe there is anyone in existence capable of "wrecking that bitch".

[Slum]

Grimhilde, on Mar 26 2009, 10:35 AM, said:

Slumgullion Spitteler, on Mar 25 2009, 04:01 PM, said:

Technical college? Isn't that just a vocational school?

NO! F U!

if vocational means awesomely fantastic and very prestigous, then yes!

So prestigious, in fact, that they couldn't teach you how to spell prestigious correctly.

I kid. I googled MTU and got Michigan Technical University. That the school you attended? Looks like a good school...an average 3.5 GPA for incoming transfer students. Not too shabby.

[Slow Ben]

Pretty good DII football program also. Just sayin.

[frookenhauer]

Rule Britannia!

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

Great song. When in England, I must say it did get old hearing it all the time, as naturally that song is played on a constant loop everywhere in the country. It's a fact, you can look it up.

[Ain't_It_Just_]

I prefer La Cucuracha.

[Menandore]

Grimhilde, on Mar 26 2009, 02:35 PM, said:

Menandore, on Mar 25 2009, 04:29 PM, said:

Grimhilde, on Mar 25 2009, 02:32 PM, said:

I effin LOVE America! It's a wonderful, wonderful place! Granted, when I was there I was the smartes person in every class I took. But I have always been exceptionally intelligent!

And so modest too....

You obviously did not see what I did there. It is called a joke. Don't know if you have them where you live...It's sort of a new thing.

Oh well in that case I must appologise. We don't have jokes in Scotland. But thanks for trying to educate me! It's good to see that at least you treated my post with the same level of seriousness with which I treated yours.

Now, if only I could find someone to teach me what sarcasm is....

[Bhurnae]

VigoTheCarpathian, on Mar 26 2009, 08:25 PM, said:

As a resident of the USA, I'd like to formally apologize to the rest of the world for Tina Turner. Much like when Captain America jammed the world's first nuke up Hitler's ass and set it off, single-handedly winning WWII and saving all of Europe, we did not know what the dire consequences of unleashing her would be back then. We are sorry.

And unless you're an undead Ike Turner, I do not believe there is anyone in existence capable of "wrecking that bitch".

Apology accepted....and thanks for saving us

[Grimjust Bearegular]

Slumgullion Spitteler, on Mar 27 2009, 02:25 AM, said:

Grimhilde, on Mar 26 2009, 10:35 AM, said:

Slumgullion Spitteler, on Mar 25 2009, 04:01 PM, said:

Technical college? Isn't that just a vocational school?

NO! F U!

if vocational means awesomely fantastic and very prestigous, then yes!

So prestigious, in fact, that they couldn't teach you how to spell prestigious correctly.

I kid. I googled MTU and got Michigan Technical University. That the school you attended? Looks like a good school...an average 3.5 GPA for incoming transfer students. Not too shabby.

Lol, spelling fail!

Yes, that's the one. An awesome place, I really recommend it. 4-5 metres of snow in the winter, minus 35-40 degrees, windy as hell. Fantastic! And they really like Scandinavians up there. I even met some people who had been to my home town...insane!

Menandore, on Mar 27 2009, 02:51 PM, said:

Grimhilde, on Mar 26 2009, 02:35 PM, said:

Menandore, on Mar 25 2009, 04:29 PM, said:

Grimhilde, on Mar 25 2009, 02:32 PM, said:

I effin LOVE America! It's a wonderful, wonderful place! Granted, when I was there I was the smartes person in every class I took. But I have always been exceptionally intelligent!

And so modest too....

You obviously did not see what I did there. It is called a joke. Don't know if you have them where you live...It's sort of a new thing.

Oh well in that case I must appologise. We don't have jokes in Scotland. But thanks for trying to educate me! It's good to see that at least you treated my post with the same level of seriousness with which I treated yours.

Now, if only I could find someone to teach me what sarcasm is....

Apology accepted and you're welcome.

Sarcasm:

Sarcasm is a form of ironic speech or writing which is bitter or cutting, being intended to taunt its target.[1] It is first recorded in English in The Shepheardes Calender in 1579:

Tom piper) An Ironicall [Sarcasmus], spoken in derision of these rude wits, whych make more account of a ryming rybaud, then of skill grounded vpon learning and iudgment.

—Edmund Spenser[1]
It comes from the ancient Greek σαρκάζω (sarkazo) meaning 'to tear flesh' but the ancient Greek word for the rhetorical concept of taunting was instead χλευασμός (chleyasmόs). Sarcasm appears several times in the Old Testament, for example:

Lo, you see the man is mad; why then have you brought him to me? Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence?

—Achish, king of Gath, I Sam 21:10-15[2]
Oscar Wilde, the great Irish playwright, poet and author of numerous short stories and one novel, also known for his biting wit, declared that

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

Hostile, critical comments may be expressed in an ironic way such as saying "don't work too hard" to a lazy worker. The use of irony introduces an element of humour which may make the criticism seem more polite and less aggressive but understanding the subtlety of this usage requires second-order interpretation of the speaker's intentions. This sophisticated understanding is lacking in people with brain damage, dementia, autism[3] and this perception has been located by MRI in the right parahippocampal gyrus.[4] [5]

In certain Ethiopic languages, sarcasm is indicated with a sarcasm mark, a character that looks like a backwards question mark at the end of a sentence, similar to Alcanter de Brahm's proposed irony mark (؟). Subtitles, such as in Teletext, sometimes use an exclamation mark in brackets to mark sarcasm: (!).





Oh, and I also love Canada...

[Menandore]

Grimhilde, on Mar 27 2009, 02:06 PM, said:

Menandore, on Mar 27 2009, 02:51 PM, said:

Grimhilde, on Mar 26 2009, 02:35 PM, said:

Menandore, on Mar 25 2009, 04:29 PM, said:

Grimhilde, on Mar 25 2009, 02:32 PM, said:

I effin LOVE America! It's a wonderful, wonderful place! Granted, when I was there I was the smartes person in every class I took. But I have always been exceptionally intelligent!

And so modest too....

You obviously did not see what I did there. It is called a joke. Don't know if you have them where you live...It's sort of a new thing.

Oh well in that case I must appologise. We don't have jokes in Scotland. But thanks for trying to educate me! It's good to see that at least you treated my post with the same level of seriousness with which I treated yours.

Now, if only I could find someone to teach me what sarcasm is....

Apology accepted and you're welcome.

Sarcasm:

Sarcasm is a form of ironic speech or writing which is bitter or cutting, being intended to taunt its target.[1] It is first recorded in English in The Shepheardes Calender in 1579:

Tom piper) An Ironicall [Sarcasmus], spoken in derision of these rude wits, whych make more account of a ryming rybaud, then of skill grounded vpon learning and iudgment.

—Edmund Spenser[1]
It comes from the ancient Greek σαρκάζω (sarkazo) meaning 'to tear flesh' but the ancient Greek word for the rhetorical concept of taunting was instead χλευασμός (chleyasmόs). Sarcasm appears several times in the Old Testament, for example:

Lo, you see the man is mad; why then have you brought him to me? Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence?

—Achish, king of Gath, I Sam 21:10-15[2]
Oscar Wilde, the great Irish playwright, poet and author of numerous short stories and one novel, also known for his biting wit, declared that

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

Hostile, critical comments may be expressed in an ironic way such as saying "don't work too hard" to a lazy worker. The use of irony introduces an element of humour which may make the criticism seem more polite and less aggressive but understanding the subtlety of this usage requires second-order interpretation of the speaker's intentions. This sophisticated understanding is lacking in people with brain damage, dementia, autism[3] and this perception has been located by MRI in the right parahippocampal gyrus.[4] [5]

In certain Ethiopic languages, sarcasm is indicated with a sarcasm mark, a character that looks like a backwards question mark at the end of a sentence, similar to Alcanter de Brahm's proposed irony mark (؟). Subtitles, such as in Teletext, sometimes use an exclamation mark in brackets to mark sarcasm: (!).

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